diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 44b433ac8f204edf95ef31317e756fd80c0e79b6..9944ea4ce37fde8eec6f359d1ab98ee76914e45d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ macro (CMAKE_BUILD_UTILITIES)
   if(CMake_NO_CXX_STANDARD)
     set(KWSYS_CXX_STANDARD "")
   endif()
+  if(CMake_NO_SELF_BACKTRACE)
+    set(KWSYS_NO_EXECINFO 1)
+  endif()
   if(WIN32)
     # FIXME: Teach KWSys to hard-code these checks on Windows.
     set(KWSYS_C_HAS_CLOCK_GETTIME_MONOTONIC_COMPILED 0)